Rework

I just finished “Rework” the latest book from the 37signals folks. If you aren’t familiar with 37signals you should be. They are a small, profitable, opinionated software firm.

I read their first book “Getting Real”. Frankly, if you read that, you probably don’t need to read Rework. I read “Getting Real” while working at CS STARS and it immediately struck a chord. “Yes, that’s how I want to work”, was my immediate reaction. Nothing in the book was earth shattering to me, but it was very affirming.

The nice thing about starting your own company with folks you like and who think like you is that without even trying, you end up with the kind of company you always wanted. Reading “Rework” was fun because I constantly said to myself, “yes, that’s exactly what we are doing”.

If you haven’t read anything from 37signals, you should check out “Rework”. It’s a very quick read and is dead on.